Shoe-polishing device



M. EWASZCZYSZYN. SHOE PQLISHING DEVICE. I APPLICATION FILED SEPT- I2, I92!- 7 1,437,231. Patented Nov. 28,1922

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Be it known that I, MionAnL which performs its function automatically bearings 23 on the top edges ofthe frame. .while their opposite ends are secured in 'sockets24i (Figure 1-) protruding fr om segmental slots 25 in a metal plate 26 vertically arranged'at one end of the frame 17; An-' 7 other vertical plate 271 is arrangedparallel i heels of shoes or the like.

' In the accompanying drawings Patented Nov; 255%,

tsnon-rorrsnrne nnvrcn application filed Septemner 12, 1921 Serial No. 500,264.

To all'who'm it may concern:

ZYNQ. citizen of Ukrainian, residing at Amsterdam, county of Montgomery and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements'in Shoe-Polishing Devices, of which thefollowing is a spec1fication. 7

This invention relates to improvements in shoe polishing devices, and it 18 the principal objeet'of the invention to provide a simple and inexpensive device of thls class upon a depressionofa frame by the foot.

Another object of theinvention' 1s the provisionof an apparatusiof this character 1ncluding a means for cleaning the soles and A further object of the invention is toprovide an apparatus :of this'class which can be easily moved from place tel-place andset up at any desired locality and which takesup a' lirnited space only. These and other obje'ctswillhbecome more fully apparent as the description thereof proceeds and will then be specificallypointedYout in the appended claims forming a partof this disclosuref j 1 Figure 1 is a top plan view 'of af sh'oe polishing device constructed according to the present inventionf upper ends. two cleats 13,

- to an eye 16 on the outer end face of a Figure 78 a longitudinal verticalsection through the device on line 2- 2 ofFigure 1.

, Figure 3 isa similar View taken through the upper partof aframe used with the de- VlCGIOIl line 3"-'3 of'Figure 1, and

Figure e'sa vertical'cross section on line 4-,4 of'Figure 1., I; i

' The apparatuscompri'ses a box '10 of any desired material, the front wall of which is provided at its lower part with a door 12 covering anopenin'g allowing accessrto'the lower part 'of the box for the removal. of dirt or storage of polishing material etc;

To the inner faces of each of the-end walls of this box are secured near their carries a hook or the likellto which. is attached the upper end of a strong coiled spring 15,.the lower end of which is secured frame 17 so that this frame is freely suspended within the box from said springs 15 and can be depressed by a foot placed upon a grating frame.

each of which 18 within said frameagainst theacti'on of EwaszozYs' said coiled springs.* g a The grating or metal frame 18 consists of longitudinal bars or rods 19 connected at their ends by cross rods 20. 7 At the frontend of the vboX riea.f

' 1 the ends of angle bars 21 aresecured to the rod 20 as v indicated in Figure 3 in order to provide a space for the heel, the other ends of these bars 21;are securedintheend bar 17 of the Longitudinally journaled atone of their ends'in suitable the segments are in mesh with theteeth' of a pinion or gear wheel 30 on sockets 24. To

' the ends of the stems of brushes 22 engaging v the sockets 24, are secured the upper ends of'lever 31, the lower ends of which are pivotally connected with thefront plate 26 extending brushes 22 are as at 32. Behind the endsof the levers 31 i are secured to the" brush stems the upper ends of angular levers 38, thelower' ends of 5 whichare pivotally secured as at 34 to pins 35 projecting from the inner faces of the side walls of the boxlOJ- f Atthe'bottom '36 of the box, hooks'37 are provided to whiohflt-he' low'er' ends of cables 3S are secured which are "guided overrollers or pulleys39 arranged'in's uitable guides d0 3 secured to the'outer'face ofthe'side bars ofv the frame 17, and "the'other ends of the cables 38' are guided upwardly andj's'ecured to e es 40 protrudini from the inner face a i Q of the end walls er the boX 10/ Racks 41 are fastened to the outer lateral faces of the frame 17,' and gear wheels Z12 are in mesh with these racks and'are carried atthe outer ends of the stemofbrush 43 arranged trans versely *in the frame 17 "and projecting through the side bars of the' 'frame; -The stern -of this brush 43 travels in .a longi tudinal slot 44 in the side bars of frame 17 and carries at its extreme outer end cleats 42 whichare'secured to the cables38a The stem 46 of a brush 15 is also arranged transversely in the frame 17, and projects bars 21.

withits ends through the side bars of this frame and carries at its ends sprocket wheels i? each in mesh with a sprocketchaini? secured at its lower end to an eye 49 in the bottom of the box and with its. upper end to a pin projecting from the inner side wall of the box 17.

The device operates as follows:

A person desiring to have his shoes shined or polished rests his foot with. its sole on grating 18 with the heel resting on lower If he now presses with his foot downward, the entire frame 1"? will execute a dmvnward movement against the action of springs 15 the downward movement of the frame 17 will compelthe gears 30 to climb the segments 29 thus rotating the brushes22 which have previously been provided with a polishing substance, to polish the point, sides and uppers of the shoe, while the cables 28 will operate brush 43 to clean the sole and the sprocket wheels 47 will. engage the chains 48 and will rotate brush 45 to clean the heel.

Having thus described my invention what I claim asnew and desire to secure by Let tersPatent of the United States is 1; A, shoe polishing machine of the class described, comprising a box, a frame in said box, springs for suspending said frame for vertical movement in said box, a pair of longitudinally arranged brushes on said frame, means for rotating said brushes upon the depression of said frame by a foot, a

pair of transverse brushes in said frame,

and means for rotating said transverse brushes for cleanin the sole and heel of a shoe.

2. A shoe polishing machine of the class described, comprising a box, four cleats projecting above the upper edge ofsaid box each'providedwith a hook, a frame, springs secured to said frame and to the hooks of saidcleats, a grating in said frame having a somewhat lower portion at one end, two spaced, parallel, vertical plates secured at one end to said frame, one of said plates provided with a P313013 segmental slots, a

pair of toothed segments secured between both plates, a pair of gears in mesh with the teethof said segments, a socket on each of said gears projecting through said slots and a pair of brushes longitudinally disposed on top of said frame, and each having one end of its stem ourna-led in one end of the frame and its other end in engagement with said socket at theopposite end of said frame, means for operating said gears to ride on said segments for rotating said brushes upon the depression of said frame by a foot, and means for cleaning the sole and heel of a boot or shoe to be polished by said brushes. l

3. In a shoe polishing machine of the character described comprising a box, a frame, means for suspending said frame in said box for vertical 'reciprocatory movement, a pair of toothed segments, spaced plates for holding said segments, gears in mesh withsaid segments, sockets in said gears, a pair of longitudinally disposed brushes in said frame, the stems of said brushes mounted at one end for rotation on said frame, and engaging with their opposite ends said sockets, a pair of levers piv otally secured at one end to one of said plates and engaging with their opposite ends the stems of said brushes, and a pair of angular bars secured at one end to the inner side walls of the box and with their other ends to the stems of said brushes for guiding said brushes during their rotation to polish a shoe, and adapted to guide the parts back into their normal positions afterthe polishing operation, and means for cleaning the'sole and heel of a shoe.

4. In a shoe polishing machine of the character described, comprising box, a frame suspended in said box for vertical reciprocatory movement, a transverse brush havlng its stem projecting through a longitudinal slot inthe side bars of said frame, gears on the ends of the stem of said brush, a pair of racks secured to the outer faces of the side bars of said frame with the teeth of which said gears arein mesh, a pair of cables secured with one end to the bottom of said box, pairs of pulleys secured to the side bars of said frame over which said cablesare guided, and hooks at the end walls ofsaid' box to which the other endsof said cables are guided, plateson the ends of the stems of said brushes laterally disposed to said gears and secured to said cables, another transverse brush having its stem journaled in the side bars of said frame, means for operating said transverse brush, and a grating on said frame having a sole-engaging part and a lower heel engaging part for supporting the shoe to be polished upon the depression of said frame against the action of said frame suspending means.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

MIOHAEL-EWASZGZYSZYN. 

